Lou?

Chapter Two

*Walking into the restaurant*

"Shhhhh," I hear someone say "is that who I think it is?"

"It can't be!" Some one else whisper shouts. I look around me making sure that no one else walked in behind us or right in front of us, but of course they are looking at me. Everyone looks at me when I come into a place high-end like this. They all recognize me from my modeling. I model for a company called "Bleu". I've only been modeling for two years now. It's not like I'm famous or anything.

"Charlie? Is that really you?" I hear a certain very familiar voice call from my left. I whip my head around and I see the person I was least expecting to face so soon.

"No." I answer sharply and walk with the hostess to my table.

"Excuse me, little missy, but I really don't think that you want to talk to me like that..." he trails off, "You know, considering what happened last time you saw me."

"I can speak to you in whatever manner I want to, Laursen." I retort and walk along with my company. Laursen Waters. The man who corrupted my life. The man who decided my fate-- or tried to. The man who said everything was my fault. The man who kidnapped my brother, raped and killed him. The man who got away with the crime of the century.

If I had a choice I would have thrown him out of this place the very second I saw him. Although, I don't have that choice. The only choice I have is to shut up and deal with this. I'm just about famous now. I can't have bad publicity, I can only have good or no publicity. If I try to murder someone in the middle of a restaurant that would most certainly be bad publicity.

"Lou? Can we meet Garrison now? I have to get away before I personally strangle this bastard." I whisper into Lou's ear. Garrison is the owner of Bleu Modeling. Garrison Lee Bleu is his name and he has called me to dinner with his wife to talk about my future career in modeling.

"Sure, Love. I don't want you to kill anyone in front of your boss. That may not turn out the way you want it to." Again with the "love" thing! If he's planning on making a fool out of me in front of my new boss I swear! This boy makes me crazy.